*1 Case: 20-2018 Document: 43 Page: 1 Filed: 10/06/2021

N OTE : This disposition is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals

for the Federal Circuit ______________________ BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee v.

UNITED STATES, Defendant-Appellant ______________________ 2020-2018 ______________________ Appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims in No. 1:18-cv-00607-TCW, Judge Thomas C. Wheeler.

______________________ JUDGMENT ______________________ J AMES M ICHAEL A USLANDER , Beveridge and Diamond, PC, Washington, DC, argued for plaintiff-appellee. Also represented by P ETER S CHAUMBERG .

M OLLIE L ENORE F INNAN , Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Jus- tice, Washington, DC, argued for defendant-appellant. Also represented by B RIAN M. B OYNTON , M ARTIN F. H OCKEY , J R ., R OBERT E DWARD K IRSCHMAN , J R ., P ATRICIA M. M C C ARTHY ; J ENNIFER B. D ICKEY , United States Cham- ber of Commerce, Washington, DC.

Case: 20-2018 Document: 43 Page: 2 Filed: 10/06/2021

______________________ T HIS C AUSE having been heard and considered, it is O RDERED and A DJUDGED :

P ER C URIAM (P ROST , R EYNA , and S TOLL , Circuit Judges ).

AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.

E NTERED BY O RDER OF THE C OURT

October 6, 2021 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner Date Peter R. Marksteiner Clerk of Court